different between wren vs finch

English

Alternative forms

• wran (dialectal)

Etymology

From Middle English wrenne, wranne, from Old English wrenna, wrænna, werna, wærna, wrenne (“wren”), from Proto-Germanic *wrandijô (“wren”).

Cognate with Old Saxon wrendilo (“wren”), Old High German rento, rentilo (“wren”), Danish rindel (“wren”), Icelandic rindill (“wren”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n/
• Rhymes: -?n

Noun

wren (plural wrens)

1. Any member of a mainly New World passerine bird family Troglodytidae; true wren.
   1. Troglodytes troglodytes (Eurasian wren)
2. Any small bird of similar appearance to a true wren, such as a fairywren or scrubwren.

Derived terms

Translations

References

• wren at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• wern

Middle English

Noun

wren

1. Alternative form of wrenne

English

Etymology

From Middle English fynche, from Old English fin?, from Proto-Germanic *finkiz (compare Dutch vink, German Fink), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pingos (“chaffinch”). Compare Welsh pinc (“finch”), Ancient Greek ??????? (spíngos, “chaffinch”), Russian ?????? (pénka, “wren”), Sanskrit ?????? (phi?gaka, “drongo, shrike”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?nt?/
• Rhymes: -?nt?

Noun

finch (plural finches)

1. Any bird of the family Fringillidae, seed-eating passerine birds, native chiefly to the Northern Hemisphere and usually having a conical beak.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• brambling
• canary
• crossbill (Loxia spp.)
• redpoll (Acanthis spp.)
• serin
• siskin

Verb

finch (third-person singular simple present finches, present participle finching, simple past and past participle finched)

1. To hunt for finches, to go finching.

References

• finch at OneLook Dictionary Search
• finch in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Middle English

Noun

finch

1. Alternative form of fynche